6th Legislative Assembly of Delhi | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
Term limits | 5 year |
| History | |
| Founded | Feb 2015 |
| Disbanded | Jan 2020 |
| Preceded by | 5th Delhi Assembly |
| Succeeded by | 7th Delhi Assembly |
| Leadership | |
Speaker of the Assembly | |
Dy. Speaker | |
Chief Minister | |
Leader of the House | |
Leader of the Opposition | |
Secretary | P. N. Mishra |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 70 |
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Political groups | between 2015-2017 AAP: 67 seats BJP: 3 seats |
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Political groups | Since Aug 2017 AAP: 66 seats BJP: 4 seats |
Length of term | 5 years |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 7 February 2015 |
Next election | 2020 |
| Meeting place | |
| Old Secretariat,Delhi, India | |
| Website | |
| www | |
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Electoral Performance Legislative Assembly Media Activism Controversies
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TheSixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi was constituted on 14th Feb 2015 after the2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections were concluded earlier that month.[1]Second Kejriwal ministry was the cabinet during the term of 6th Delhi Assembly.
Elections for 70 assembly seats in Delhi were concluded on 07th Feb 2015 and results were announced on 10th Feb 2015. TheAam Aadmi Party got a sweeping majority by winning 67 out of 70 seats. TheBharatiya Janata Party managed only 3 seats and all other parties, including theIndian National Congress could not manage to win any seats.AAP got 54.3% (4,879,127),BJP got 32.2% (2,891,510) andINC got 9.7% (867,027) of total votes polled. A total of 6 national parties, 10 state parties, 55 registered (unrecognised) parties and 1 independent candidate contested for the 70 assembly seats.[2][1][3]
On 14th Feb 2015,Arvind Kejriwal was sworn in as the eighth Chief Minister of Delhi. Along with Kejriwal, six ministers were also sworn in theSecond Kejriwal ministry.[4][5][6]
In April, 2015, the speaker of the house recognizedVijender Gupta as the leader of opposition in the house.[7]
As on 28 August 2017, AAP had 66 MLA, 4 belongs to BJP.
Jarnail Singh from Aam Aadmi Party resigned on 6 January 2017 to contest against sitting Punjab CMParkash Singh Badal[8]Shiromani Akali Dal party member Manjinder Singh Sirsa contested on the BJP ticket and won the Rajouri Garden assembly constituency in Feb 2017 By Poll Election.[9]
AAP won the Bawana assembly constituency in Aug 2017 By Poll Election.
| # | From | To | Position | Name | Party |
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| 01 | 2015 | Incumbent | Chief Minister | Arvind Kejriwal | AAP |
| 02 | 2015 | Incumbent | Speaker | Ram Niwas Goel | AAP |
| 03 | 2015 | Incumbent | Deputy Speaker | Rakhi Birla | AAP |
| 04 | 2015 | Incumbent | Leader of the Opposition | Vijender Gupta | BJP |
Chairman, (2015-2020) The Estimates Committee:Dinesh Mohaniya.
